Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for yielding. I rise today in support of House Resolution 1669, to congratulate and compliment the National Air Transportation Association on its 70th anniversary, and for its advocacy of general aviation in the United States of America. NATA is the leading organization representing aviation service businesses such as fixed base operators, charter providers, and aircraft management companies. At the start of World War II, the Federal Government drafted plans to ground all private aviation for the duration of the war. Such a ban would have crippled general aviation in this country for years to come. However, 83 founding members started the NATA in 1940 with the purpose of showing how private aviation could be an asset to our country and to its national security, and certainly not a threat. In fact, the NATA helped save the Civilian Pilot Training Program that was created by President Franklin Roosevelt just a few years earlier. This program trained thousands of college students to fly, many of whom later contributed to the war effort.…”